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No. 830,007. PATENTED SEPT. 4, 1906 F. E. ROBERTS.

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UNITED STATES FRED E. ROBERTS, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 1906.

Application filed September 22,1905. Serial No. 279,575-

To all whom it Wmy concern:

Be it known that I, FRED E. ROBERTS, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Portland, Cumberland county, State of Maine, have invented certain new. and useful Improvements in Toys, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a toy of the jump ing-jack variety; and in the form in which I prefer to construct it it consists of the figure of a mule with a man mounted on his back and with his hind legs pivoted to his body, the operation of the toy being such that the mule executes a variety of kicking motions.

I secure the necessary motions by forming the forward end of the animal with a rigid supporting-limb which is pivoted to the base. board, the rear end of the figure being supported by one or more pivoted limbs. A spring holds the figure down, and means, as a cord, are provided for tilting it forward.

I illustrate my invention by means of the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my toy in its preferable form with a portion of the forward end of the base-board in section. Fig. 2 is a plan, and Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal section taken just above the forward foot.

D represents the base-board or support, which is formed with a handle at one end by which it may be readily manipulated. Ais the body of an animal, as a mule, cut from thin material, having the fore leg a made integral with the body. This fore leg has on its lower end, as here shown, an enlarged foot a, the lower portion being generally circular in form, and the foot portion is pivoted in a slot formed in the forward end of the base-board by a pivot a The figure is tilted forward on this pivot by a cord 0, which is secured by means of a knot in a slot or recess a in the forward edge of the foot. By drawing this cord down under the foot it gives a tilting motion to the figure. A loop in the end of the cord enables it to be pulled by inserting the finger. .7

The rear portion of the figure is supported on the baseboard by legs or limbs l), loosely pivoted to the figure, and on the back of the animal is the bodyE of a man, with looselypivoted legs 0 hanging down at each side and arms 0 pivoted to the body of the man and the forward part of the mule. The animal is brought back to its normal position by means of a spring which, as here shown, consists of a rubber band f, connecting a staple f in the animal figure in rear of the forward legs and the staple f 2 in the baseboard.

With a jumping-jack thus constructed a variety of comical movements may be produced by pulling and releasing the cord. The mule may be made to kick, throwing the man over its head, and coming back in a standing position with its hind legs in a variety of positions or in a sitting position.

The same general construction may be applied to figures of various kinds in which one end will be pivoted rigidly to the base-board and the other end supported by loosely-pivoted limbs which will execute a variety of motions.

I claim 1. The herein-described toy consisting of a base-board, an animal figure thereon with two points of support, one of said points be ing pivoted to the base-board and the other resting thereon, a spring for holding down the figure and means for tilting it forward on the pivoting-point and a second figure on top of the said animal figure having arms pivoted to itself and to said animal figure.

2. The herein-described toy consisting of a base-board, an animal figure thereon with a forward supporting member rigidly connected with the figure and pivoted to the base of the board and one or more rear supporting members pivoted to the figure and resting on the base-board, a spring connecting the baseboard with the said figure in rear of said forward member for holding the figure down and means for tilting the figure forward on said pivoted member.

3. The herein-described toy consisting of a base-board having a recess in its forward end, an animal figure thereon, with a forward supporting member rigidly connected with the figure and having an enlarged foot or lower end pivoted in said recess, said foot being formed with a slot in its forward edge, a cord held in said slot, one or more rear supporting members pivoted to the figure and resting on the base-board and a spring connecting the base-board with the figure in rear of the for ward member for holding the figure down.

4. The herein-described toy consisting of a base-board having a recess in its forward end, an animal figure thereon, with a forward supporting member rigidly connected with the figure and having an enlarged foot or lower end pivoted in said recess, said foot being IIO formed with a slot in its fomvard edge, a cord said pivoted point and a spring for tilting it 10 held in said slot, one or more rear supporting in the opposite direction. members pivoted to the figure and resting on Signed at Portland, Maine, this 31st day of the base-board and a second figure on top of August, 1905.

5 said. animal figure with arms pivoted to itself and to said animal figure. FRED ROBERTS 5. A base-board or support, a figure having Witnesses: a supporting member pivoted to said base- JOHN E. DOLAT,

board, means for tilting the figure forward on S. W. BATES. 

